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An Empirical Examination of the Divergence between Managers’ and Analysts’ Earnings Forecasts

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  • Somnath Das
  • Kyonghee Kim
  • Sukesh Patro

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We study circumstances when analysts’ forecasts diverge from managers’ forecasts after management guidance, and the consequences of this divergence for investors and analysts. Our results show that investors’ return response to earnings surprises based on analyst forecasts is significantly weaker when analyst and management forecasts diverge, and that this attenuating effect is stronger when the management forecast is more credible. When the divergent management forecast is more accurate than the analyst consensus forecast, the subsequent†quarter analyst consensus forecast is significantly more accurate than that of the current quarter, and exhibits less serial correlation. Overall, our findings suggest that, when analyst and management forecasts diverge, investors find the two sources to contain complementary information, and analysts learn to improve their subsequent forecasts.Les auteurs se penchent sur les circonstances dans lesquelles les prévisions des analystes divergent des prévisions des dirigeants, une fois communiquées les indications de la direction, et sur les conséquences de cette divergence pour les investisseurs et les analystes. Les résultats de leur étude montrent que la réaction des investisseurs aux résultats inattendus par rapport aux prévisions des analystes est sensiblement plus faible lorsque les prévisions des analystes et des dirigeants divergent et que cet effet modérateur est plus marqué lorsque les prévisions des dirigeants sont davantage crédibles. Lorsque les prévisions divergentes des dirigeants sont plus justes que les prévisions consensuelles des analystes, les prévisions consensuelles des analystes sont notablement plus exactes pour le trimestre subséquent qu'elles ne l’étaient pour le trimestre considéré et elles affichent une corrélation sérielle moins élevée. Dans l'ensemble, les constatations des auteurs laissent croire que, lorsque les prévisions des analystes et des dirigeants divergent, les investisseurs estiment que les deux sources d'information livrent des renseignements complémentaires et les analystes en tirent des leçons qui les amènent à améliorer leurs prévisions subséquentes.

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  • Somnath Das & Kyonghee Kim & Sukesh Patro, 2017. "An Empirical Examination of the Divergence between Managers’ and Analysts’ Earnings Forecasts," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 34(4), pages 2123-2151, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:coacre:v:34:y:2017:i:4:p:2123-2151
    DOI: 10.1111/1911-3846.12351
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